The Geographer Drank His Globe Away

The Geographer Drank His Globe Away

Directed by Alexandr Veledinsky

Produced by Marmot Film, Red Arrow Film Company

2013120 min6.7 / 10

A melancholic portrait of a troubled teacher's descent into alcoholism and inappropriate desire, seeking redemption through a wilderness journey with his students.

Victor Sluzhkin signs on as a teacher of geography in a secondary school in his native Perm (in the Urals) and gets lost in a haze of hard vodka, desperate love for a nymphet-like student and the stress of educating teenagers. Geographer, as the students immediately dub Sluzhkin, attempts to escape from the grueling, dull, stultifying reality of Russia's provincial life in a rafting tour to the Urals. Accompanied by wild, adventure-seeking adolescents, faced with the numerous grim surprises of the nature, Geographer is poised to find himself and his own truth.

Questions people ask

  • Is The Geographer Drank His Globe Away sad? Yes, very. More sad than 96% of films.

  • Does The Geographer Drank His Globe Away end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 70% of films.

  • Is The Geographer Drank His Globe Away violent? Not especially. Less violent than 62% of films.

  • Is The Geographer Drank His Globe Away easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 61% of films.

  • Is The Geographer Drank His Globe Away scary? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

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60/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Familiar shape, done well.

Rarity64

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise60

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love55

How much audiences actually like it

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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